Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Citellus (Otospermophilus) wilsoni, Citellus wilsoni, Otospermophilus wilsoni
Full reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1956. Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from northeastern Oregon. Geological Society America Bulletin 67
Belongs to Spermophilus according to J. A. Shotwell 1970
See also Barnosky 1986, Black 1963, Korth 1994, Shotwell 1956, Shotwell 1968 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tephrus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis
Type specimen: UOMNH F-4097, a mandible (a complete right lower jaw with P4-M3; incisor missing). Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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